Forgiveness of Sins

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April 13, 2012

"Forgiveness of Sins"

Scripture Reading:
Acts 2:38 (HCSB) “Repent," Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each of you, in the name  of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Devotional Reading:

Sometimes “small miracles” can have tremendous impact. A physical healing is a dramatic and unarguably miraculous event. But so is an unheralded change of heart. There is just such a miracle in the story of Peter recorded in Acts chapter nine. We are told that Peter, a Jew, was staying in the home of a Gentile man named Simon. And Simon was, by profession, a tanner! Tanners handled the hides of dead animals, and were considered unclean by Jewish rabbis. But God was beginning to change Peter’s heart, and would soon show him that the Gospel was (and is!) for everyone…not just for good, law-abiding Jews. Peter’s “sleep-over” at Simon’s home might seem insignificant…but it was a micro-movement toward a larger goal: the opening of the door of salvation to the Gentiles. A huge transition was taking place, one small miracle at a time. God can—and does—work in dramatic ways. But He also works in ways that are very nearly invisible until the work is done. If you have experienced a slow change of heart like Peter’s, you know this. Don’t make the mistake of thinking you have never witnessed a miracle because nothing has happened in your life that would make the nightly news. God’s small miracle in Peter’s life became the means by which every non-Jew since has come to know Jesus Christ as Savior. Even me.  Always remember there are no such thing as coincidence.  God is always at work and working to draw us to Himself.  I had a couple come to me for counseling and little did they realize the counsel they really needed was saving faith in Christ Jesus.  The Lord reached down and touched his heart right there in the midst of a counseling session and today he is doing the best he can to live for the Lord, in spite of others in his life!


Keep the Son in your eyes,

Pastor Ben J Lahay

Galatians 2:20